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to exterminate the Jews, died of pneu-
monia Dec. 3 in Switzerland at the age
of 90.
Riegner was working
for the World Jewish
Congress in the summer
of 1942 when he
received intelligence
information that the
Nazis were planning to
murder Europe's Jews.
Gerhart
On Aug. 8, 1942, he
Riegner
gave his cable to U.S.
representatives in
Switzerland.
"Received alarming report" that the
Nazis are discussing a plan "according to
which all Jews in countries occupied or
DOROTHY SLMS, 93, of Marquette,
controlled by Germany, numbering 3-
died dec. 1. She was a member of
1/2 to 4 million, should, after deporta-
Women's American ORT and Hadassah.
tion and concentration in east, be exter-
Mrs. Sims is survived by her son and
minated," the cable read.
daughter-in-law, Laurence and Suely
Riegner asked the U.S. government to
Sims; grandsons, Larry and Michael
pass the cable to Rabbi Stephen Wise,
Sims. She was the beloved wife of the
president of the World Jewish Congress.
late Fred H. Sims.
However, the State Department said
Interment at Clover Hill Park
it would not pass on cables from private
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
sources. Instead, it checked with the
to the Alzheimer's Association.
Vatican and the Red Cross, which both
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said they didn't know of any plans to
exterminate Jews.
LARRY SMALLER, 50,
By the fall of 1942, witness accounts
of Troy, died Nov. 28. He
had convinced State Department skep-
was an outpatient sub-
tics of the accuracy of Riegner's report.
stance abuse therapist
But President Franklin D. Roosevelt
and author of Denial Is
didn't create the War Refugee Board in
More Than A River In
an attempt to save Jews until January
Africa, a book for addicts Larry Smaller
1944.
and their families.
Riegner devoted his life to Jewish
Mr. Smaller is survived
causes
and human rights. After World
by his wife, Kathy Smaller; daughter,
War II, Riegner was active in interfaith
Rachel Smaller; parents, Harry and Sylvia
efforts and established the main Jewish
Smaller of Walled Lake; mother-in-law
group involved in dialogue with the
and father-in-law, Beverly and Larry
Catholic Church, the International
Houghton; brothers, Ronald Smaller and
Jewish Committee for Interreligious
Dr. William Smaller.
Consultations.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park.
He also was a key player in the early
Contributions may be made to Camp
years of the United Nations, Where for
Simcha, 21370 Constitution, Southfield,
a time he headed the consortium of
MI 48076. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
nongovernmental organizations.
Chapel.
Riegner, a lawyer, was "instrumental
is
sensitizing the Jewish people to the
DOROTHY YOUNG,
human
rights world at large, while sen-
86, of Oak Park, died
sitizing the human rights community to
Dec. 2.
the issues of the Jewish people,"
She is survived by her
Steinberg said.
sons, Gary Young of West
Riegner was born in Germany and
Bloomfield and Benjamin
immigrated
to Switzerland in the 1930s.
Young of Oak Park. She
Dorothy
Yet
he
never
became a Swiss citizen,
was the beloved wife of
Young
highlighting the fact that he had been
the late Harold Young.
made stateless before the war — and
Interment at
that the Jewish people had suffered such
Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may
atrocities because they had been stateless
be made to a charity of one's choice.
as well.
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Instead, he traveled with documents
known as a laissez passer, which allows a
person to travel from country to coun-
try without a passport.
Riegner, who served as secretary-gen-
eral of the WJC from 1965 to 1983,
New York/JTA — Gerhart Riegner, who
also was deeply involved in the immi-
first alerted the world to the Nazi plan
gration of North African Jews to Israel.

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Detroiter of Plantation, Fla., died Nov. 27.
He was a hospital engineer and a U.S. Air
Force veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Ash
Schwartz of Plantation; son, Mark Ash
Schwartz of Norwalk, Conn.; daughter,
Sandra Ash Weston of Safety Harbor, Fla.;
brother Larry Schwartz of Pendelton,
N.H.; sister, Betty Saperstein of
Hallendale, Fla.; four grandchildren; one
great-grandchild.
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Gerhart Riegner
Dies At Age 90